Pope Benedict II

Pope Benedict II (635-8 May 685) was Pope from 683 to 685, succeeding Pope Leo II and preceding Pope John V.

Biography
Benedictus was born in 635 in Rome, and in 683 AD he was consecrated as pope after the death of Pope Leo II. During his reign, Emperor Constantine IV of Byzantium abolished imperial confirmations of popes, giving the papacy all of the power. Benedict adopted his sons Justinian II of Byzantium and Heraclius symbolically as a thanking for his new autonomy. He died in 685.